tech question

bdclark0423 bdclark0423 at yahoo.com
Fri Feb 8 01:56:21 UTC 2008


> Olly
> First off you haven't provided  enough information to be able
> to answer your question.  What software are you using to read
> the list (IE: Internet Explorer / Firefox / Email client)?

> Your computer has probably had some of the display settings
> changed. If you want to change the options on your computer
> we need to know what software you are using, so that the right
> instructions can be given.


bdclark0423 says:
Olly is right, more info is needed in order to assess. Most
browser software keeps HTML information in temporary files
on your hard drive so that when you are accessing a site,
the program can process all the data on the page at quicker
speeds.

Most software allows the user to change the allocation settings
for these temporary files.  For example, Internet Explorer allows
you to select how long to keep this data in the temp files, where
to store the files, and to set the limit on capacity to be kept.
Some of this data is what is called 'cookies' and like Hansel &
Gretel, no matter where you navigate, you leave a trail of crumbs
so you can go back and nibble at places you've already been. At
any time, you can manually delete your cookies, delete the temp
files, and delete all history the software has stored. You can
choose the default font you would like to read web pages, have
font styles ignored, colors used in text, etc.

Another feature is to designate what colors you want URLs to
be when you haven't visited the site (more, appropriately where
there aren't any cookies that can be seen) and those site in
which you have visited. So for Internet Explorer 6.0, from the
Tools Menu-Internet Options..., when dialogue box opens you'll
see in the bottom left-hand corner you can change the default
colors for the links visited and unvisited.

Hope this helps....

bdclark0423




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